Yesterday's Resist Trump Rally was about Endeavor Capital. One of the repeat investors in Endeavour Capital, a Pacific Northwest-based private equity firm, has given millions of dollars to extremist groups that campaign against a wide variety campaign of civil rights and womens' reproductive rights' issues. Murdock Charitable Trust's donations have supported groups that campaign against LGBTQI rights, promote “gay conversion therapy,” provide false medical information to women seeking reproductive health services, and that use aggressive and misleading tactics to undermine public employee unions. In yesterday's Resist Trump Rally we protested about Endeavour Capitals's Seattle Office. Endeavour also invests in companies like Aladdin Bail Bonds, which profits from our unjust cash bail system, and New Seasons, which called in union busting consultants to intimidate their employees in Portland. We're asking them to cut ties with the far-right Murdock Trust.

Action

Call Endeavour Capital’s office at (206) 621-7060 and tell them to cut ties with the Murdock Trust.

Script

"Hello. I'm a resident of Seattle, and I'm calling to ask you to you cut ties with the Murdock Trust. The Murdock Trust supports organizations which go against the values of the Pacific Northwest.

(pick whichever of these resonate with you)

Murdock’s Money

The Murdock Trust has donated $975,000 to the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)

The Freedom Foundation staff publicly opposed the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage arguing that it is a “threat to personal freedom.”

The Freedom Foundation quotes in their blog “doom-and-gloom scenarios about climate change are based on a combination of political agendas and junk science.”

The Freedom Foundation’s staff consistently attacks Planned Parenthood, an organization that is dedicated to providing women’s health services, calling them a “radical social organization” and a “baby killing, body-part brokering, government money consuming machine.”

Background

Good News

So much good news today!Paul Manfort, Trump's former campaign manager, was found guilty of 8 counts of fraud AND Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, plead guilty to tax evasion, bank fraud, and campaign finance violations. Cohen implicated Trump in the campaign finance violations. Things are about to get very uncomfortable for the dishonest people in the White House.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Canvas on Saturday, and Join us for the Unite for Justice rally on Sunday

Unite For JusticeWestlake ParkSunday, Aug 26, Noon

Join us on August 26th as we hold a national day of action in all 50 states to fight Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and demand that our representatives in Washington act NOW to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms. Roe v. Wade, voting rights, workers' rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and much more are all in grave danger if this Supreme Court nominee is confirmed. With so much at stake, we cannot back down.

Seattle Indivisible is co-sponsoring this event with Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Seattle Clinic Defense, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, and FUSE Washington. Please help make this a large and successful event.

TAKE THE HOUSE

Canvas for Kim Schrier in the 8th DistrictThese weekend canvasses are within 25 miles of Seattle